Clasp or buckle



(No Model.)

S. B. FERRIS.

CLASP 0R BUCKLE.

No. 395,965. Patented Ja11.8, 1889.

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SHERVOOD B. FERRIS, OF LAKEVOOD, NEY JERSEY.

CLASP OR BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,965, dated January8, 1889.

Application filed May 22, 1888. Serial No. 274,649. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERwooD B. FERRIs, a resident of Lakewood, Oceancounty, New Jersey, have invented an Improved Clasp or Buckle, of whichthe following is a specification. A

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient clasp or buckle for holding` tape and the like.

The invention consists in the details of improvem ent that are morefully herein after set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a detail side view of aportionof a corset having my improved buckle attached. Fig. 2 is anenlarged face view of the Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line k 7c,Fig. 2. Fig. is a similar section on the line c c, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is apartly-broken face view of abuckle, showing a swivel-connection with itssupporting-tape. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on the line c c', Fig.5. Fig. 7 is a detail face view of a buckle shown attached to asafety-pin; and Fig. 8 is a similar view to Fig. 3, showing the outeredges of the rings A B aligned.

My improved clasp or buckle consists, essentially, of two loopsgA B,preferably of wire, that are placed one against the other, so that theiredges will come near together or be aligned at the outer part, as shown.One of the loops-say the loop A-has its ends bent inward, as at d. Theseends c are preferably inclosed by a tube, b, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) whichacts to hold them in proper position. The other loop-say the loop B-*isprovided at its ends with eyes d, through which eyes the ends a of theother loop pass. By this means the loops A B are swiveled together, andare held so that one does not have longitudinal movement on the other.By this means also the outer clamping-edges of the clasp will always beheldin their proper relative position.

D is a strap or other support that is connected to the buckle by itsinclosing the crosspieces or ends a of the loop A or tube h on saidends. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The strapD 5o may be secured to a corset, E,or other suitable garment or article.

F is a tape-of astocking-supporter, for instance. To connect the tape Fto the buckle, said tape is passed through and around the loop A, bothends of the tape being `then passed through the loop B, as clearly showin Figs. 3 and 4.

Then draft is applied to the end e of the tape F, said tape will act todraw the outer edge 6o of the loop A against the loop B, thereby forcingsaid loop A upon the part of the tape F that is between the loops A B.As long as draft is applied upon the end e of the tape F said loops willact to firmly hold the tape. By swiveling the loops A B one to theother, as shown, the meeting or tape-holding edges of the clasp cannotslip one upon the other and release the tape, as is the case where looserings are used. 7o

lith the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the tube l) is somewhatenlarged, so as to' receive a link, f, which link is carried by the tapeD. This makes a strong connection for the parts, and also permits freemovement of the buckle.

In Fig. 7 the clasp A B is shown connected to a safety-pin, G. In thisconstruction thc tube o passes from the ends or cross-piece a, of theclasp over one of the arms of the safety- 8o pin, whereby free movementis given to the clasp on said pin.

It will be observed by reference to Figs. 2,

5, and '7 that the loop A is wider than the loop B, so that the armsofthe latter are entirely wit-hin and clear of the arms of the loop A,and that the central semicircular portion of loop B is alone adapted tobear against the central portion of loop A. Hence the tape F, no matterhow thin it may be, will be 9o firmly compressed between said centralportions of the loops A B when strain is applied to the tape, and thesame is thereby firmly secured between the loops and prevented fromslipping.

Having now described my invention, what I claim isf The clasp or buckleherein described, com= prlsing the selnioircular loop A, having theinwardly-bent ends ce, the loop B, narrower than loop A, and having theeyes d at the ends of its arms pvoted on the ends (L and arranged withinthe sides of loop A, said loop B being longer than loop A, so that itscentral portion bears upon the Central portion of loop A, and the tubeZ), inolosing' the inwardly-bent ends a, substantially as described.

SllER\VOOD l-l. FERRE.

lVitnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, HARRY M. TURK.

